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Reporting
Quick Reporting
Dynamic Reporting
Most Pergamon reports follow a similar format - each report consists of a two stage process: selection of reports criteria and required fields, and production of the report itself either to printer and/or a file.
The first stage is performed via a reports criteria dialog. Because each report is designed to produce reports based upon a different Pergamon area, the criteria dialog may be slightly different between each report. In most cases however, each criteria dialog can be sub-divided into three general areas:
Criteria fields
A set of criteria fields are presented down the left hand side of each report dialog. These fields provide the ability to enter search parameters to narrow down the results that will be displayed in the report. In most cases, these fields with be free-text entry fields that can also contain wild-cards, drop-down lists and boolean checkboxes.
Display Fields
A list of fields accessible to the report is presented in a listbox down the right hand side of the dialog. Each field is accompanied by a checkbox. In order to include a field in the final report, ensure that the field is checked. Similarly, in order to remove a field from the final report ensure that the field is un-checked.
Report Command Area
The bottom of each report dialog contains two checkboxes that allow the user to specify where the report will be sent. These checkboxes allow the report to be sent to a CSV (command separated values) file, or to the printer, or to both.
Three command buttons provide the ability to abort the report dialog using the [Close] button, [Run] the report to its intended destination, or to display information about the report version using the [?] button.
